Restaurant guide

[Blake]

Imo:

You're welcome, imo.

[Blake]

These are all based on a right mix of price/variety/quality/customer service/atmosphere/etc


Best Casual Restaurant: Cheddars

Worst: TGI Fridays

[Blake]

Best steakhouse: Salt Grass

Worst: The Keg (in Dallas)

[Blake]

Best overall fast food restaurant: Mcdonalds

worst: jack in the box

[Blake]

Best Casual Mexican: Pericos

Worst: On the Border

[Viva Las Espuelas]

These are all based on a right mix of price/variety/quality/customer service/atmosphere/etc


Best Casual Restaurant: Cheddars

Worst: TGI Fridays

Cheddar's should be renamed Salty's. No wonder Mexicans love that place. Best, it isn't.

[JudynTX]

Cheddar's should be renamed Salty's. No wonder Mexicans love that place. Best, it isn't.

What's wrong with Cheddar's? :lol The croissants with melted butter.....OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blake]

Cheddar's should be renamed Salty's. No wonder Mexicans love that place. Best, it isn't.

Mexican I'm not.

Feel free to name the best place.

[Blake]

Best Seafood: Fish City Grill

Worst: Landry's

[cantthinkofanything]

Best steakhouse: Salt Grass

Worst: The Keg (in Dallas)

I don't eat a lot of steak but Papa's is waayyyyy better than Salt Grass.

[Blake]

I don't eat a lot of steak but Papa's is waayyyyy better than Salt Grass.

Where is it located?

[cantthinkofanything]

Where is it located?

There's one in Dallas.

[LittleCriminal]

Best Breakfast Tacos: Ruthies (San Antonio)
Worst Breakfast Tacos: Everywhere Else (San Antonio)

Best Seafood: Boat & Net (Corpus Christi)
Worst Seafood: Everywhere Else

Best Chicken Place: Long John Silver
Worst Chicken Place: Anywhere Else

Best Fast Food: Nowhere
Worst Fast Food: Everywhere

Best Steak: Self Made
Worst Steak: Restaurants

[cantthinkofanything]

Best Chicken Place: Long John Silver
Worst Chicken Place: Anywhere Else


:lol

But for real though. Their chicken is better than any of the fast food places.

[Blake]

There's one in Dallas.

I'll check it out next time I'm there.

[Blake]

Best Breakfast Tacos: Ruthies (San Antonio)
Worst Breakfast Tacos: Everywhere Else (San Antonio)

Ruthies is ok, but it looks dirty.

Eddies Taco House (the new one on Wetmore/Thousand oaks) gets the win, imo.

Two huge potato egg tacos for $1 m-f in the mornings on fresh home made tortillas


Best Chicken Place: Long John Silver
Worst Chicken Place: Anywhere Else

Best Fast Food: Nowhere
Worst Fast Food: Everywhere

Ljs is fast food


Best Steak: Self Made
Worst Steak: Restaurants

I should have said in before someone says they make everything better at home

[cantthinkofanything]

Ruthies is ok, but it looks dirty.

Eddies Taco House (the new one on Wetmore/Thousand oaks) gets the win, imo.

Two huge potato egg tacos for $1 m-f in the mornings on fresh home made tortillas



Ljs is fast food



I should have said in before someone says they make everything better at home

I thought you were picking from chains?

[mrsmaalox]

These are all based on a right mix of price/variety/quality/customer service/atmosphere/etc


Best Casual Restaurant: Cheddars

Worst: TGI Fridays

Don't care for Cheddars, but I've only been once. I'd put BJ's and even Ruby Tuesday's above it. The place I like a lot right now is the 54th Street Grill; good food, good service, nice atmosphere, and the best Long Island Iced Teas in the world.

Nothing is worse than Chili's.


Best steakhouse: Salt Grass

Worst: The Keg (in Dallas)

Love The Salt Grass, hate The Longhorn


Best Casual Mexican: Pericos

Worst: On the Border

Mexican food in SA has always been a sore spot for me, can't say there's anywhere I love. If I have to eat Mexican out (which I rarely do), it's Mi Tierra for the atmosphere, or Aldacos for the patio and drinks. The worst is pretty much any other Mexican food joint I've tried here.



Best Seafood: Fish City Grill

Worst: Landry's

I agree with Fish City Grill. I'll also go to some of the Chinese buffets for crab legs only. I don't eat much seafood so I can't say what's the worst.

[Blake]

I thought you were picking from chains?

I'm just picking what I like from places I've eaten at.

Feel free to post any restaurant anywhere in the world

[cantthinkofanything]

There's a good restaurant in Port Aransas called Venetian Hot Plate. We'd passed by it for several years and never thought to try it out. We finally did and now make sure we eat there whenever we get down there.

[Blake]

Don't care for Cheddars, but I've only been once.

I've been mostly to the one at i10/lolutsa parkway, once in Corpus.

They give large servings, low prices, and above average quality (they claim much of the stuff is made there from scratch).

My only beef is that the service is hit or miss. We waited over an hour for our food at the one in Corpus (manager did comp dessert though)

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Best Breakfast Tacos: Ruthies (San Antonio)
Visit Mendez Cafe on Bartholomew then update :toast

[Viva Las Espuelas]

What's wrong with Cheddar's? :lol The croissants with melted butter.....OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything is way too salty. Usually happens with packaged processed foods

[JudynTX]

Everything is way too salty. Usually happens with packaged processed foods

And tamales and breakfast tacos don't? :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

And tamales and breakfast tacos don't? :lol

Good ones don't :toast

[LittleCriminal]

Ruthies is ok, but it looks dirty.

Eddies Taco House (the new one on Wetmore/Thousand oaks) gets the win, imo.

Two huge potato egg tacos for $1 m-f in the mornings on fresh home made tortillas

Ljs is fast food

I should have said in before someone says they make everything better at home


LOL I agree Ruthies looks dirty.
It used to look worse but the owner fixed it up a bit..

Eddies Taco House Is what it is.. Tacos there at Eddies are not as big as Ruthies.

Ruthies Sells Huge Made From Scratch Breakfast Tacos Monday-Saturday... From Open Till Close!! (I think they close on Sundays)
Tortillas are thick and soft as hell too!

LJS is a crap fast food spot...
But their Chicken is by far better than any other chicken place.

[ChumpDumper]

I just ate at the new-ish Liberty Bar in that former convent last Friday. It was fun. Fusiony mix of food. Goat cheese appetizer. Decently spicy tenderloin and bacon taco plate. Date's lamb sausage was a little dry, but lamb was never my thing anyway. First floor was much quieter than the second where the bar and main kitchen are located, so choose accordingly if you go.

[Drachen]

I like La Gloria at the Pearl. Just tried it for the first time last weekend and was surprised by the cost too (I would have thought for such a trendy spot that it would be expensive).

[ChumpDumper]

I like La Gloria at the Pearl. Just tried it for the first time last weekend and was surprised by the cost too (I would have thought for such a trendy spot that it would be expensive).Will try that next time I come down.

[Drachen]

Will try that next time I come down.

"traditional central mexican street food"

We two plates of street tacos (3 each), a mocajete of seasoned strip steak, a plate of shishkabob (unskewered and on corn tortillas), and one bacon-wrapped hotdog with fries, a tea, a margarita, a mandarin orange soda, and a sprite. Our tab came out to 47 bucks. The only thing I wouldn't recommend is the shishkabob.

we parked at the pearl, walked the river toward downtown (to see the lights), turned around once we got to downtown, walked back and ate at La Gloria. It was a pretty good time for the family.

[Blake]

I did this thread the wrong way.

I'm going to steal a title from another thread and start a new one.

sorry for inconvenience

[chunticakes]

best mexican food is taco palenque here in laredo. you all had one that burned down on 35 awhile back.

taco tote is good too...

[DesignatedT]

I'd go with Eddies over Ruthies. Ruthies tortillas are too thick. It's like having a taco on flat-bread.

Steakhouse - Agree with Salt-Grass. Place is money. Worst would be Texas Land and Cattle

Best seafood- Upperscale would be Pappadeaux hands down. Hole in the wall is Rudy's seafood on the southside. Nothin but money.

For Casual Mexican I like Saritas. Grew up on it so I love it.

[DesignatedT]

Only eat at three fast food places- Chick Fil A, Bill Miller or Whataburger.

[Spurtacular]

Best overall fast food restaurant: Mcdonalds

worst: jack in the box

:lmao